Development Environment

When there are multiple people working on the same project, the cursor of each member is visible in the IDE and all file changes occur in real-time for everyone. The following video demonstrates the collaboration feature:

You need to own the project to add team members to it.

Follow these steps to add team members to a project:

1. Open the project.
2. In the left navigation menu, click the QuantConnect icon.
3. In the Collaborate section of the Project panel, click Add Collaborator.
4. Click the Select User... field and then click a member from the drop-down menu.
5. If you want to give the member control of the project's live deployments, select the Live Control check box.
6. Click Add User.

The member you add receives an email with a link to the project.

If the project has a shared library, the collaborator can access the project, but not the library. To grant them access to the library, add them as a collaborator to the library project.

The number of members you can add to a project depends on your organization's tier. The following table shows the number of collaborators each tier can have per project:

You need to have added a member to the project to toggle their live control of the project.

Follow these steps to enable and disable live control for a team member:

1. Open the project.
2. In the left navigation menu, click the QuantConnect icon.
3. In the Collaborate section of the Project panel, click the profile image of the team member.
4. Click the Live Control check box.
5. Click Save Changes.

Follow these steps to remove a team member from a project you own:

1. Open the project.
2. In the left navigation menu, click the QuantConnect icon.
3. In the Collaborate section of the Project panel, click the profile image of the team member.
4. Click Remove User.

To remove yourself as a collaborator from a project you don't own, delete the project.